In Valle Camonica the office of companies

In Valle Camonica the office of companies


Once a land of emigration, it has become one of the liveliest areas of the country. From the Valle Camonica (Brescia area that wedges from Lake Iseo towards Switzerland, Valtellina and Trentino) in the 70s there were 14,000 out of 100,000 Camuni forced abroad to look for work: bricklayers, carpenters, miners. Today the problem is the opposite: local companies cannot find manpower. What in the collective imagination was classified as a "depressed area" is experiencing an industrial Renaissance. Which affects all sectors from steel to engineering, from plastic to wood, passing through textiles and components. Often high-tech.
And even a traditional sector such as agriculture has gone from a subsistence activity to the valorisation of traditional crops that meet the favor of "niche gourmet" consumers: black prickly corn, some varieties of indigenous apples, high quality cheeses such as Brè and silter. Thanks also to the Faculty of Mountain Agriculture opened by Agraria di Milano in Edolo, in the upper valley and which has trained dozens of passionate farmers and breeders.
According to data from the Brescia Chamber of Commerce, at the end of 2022 there were 8,500 companies in Valle Camonica, 2,600 of which in manufacturing and construction.

Including the upper Sebino as well, there are about thirty companies with at least 30 million euros in turnover. And in the most diverse sectors: from iron and steel to engineering, from plastic to wood, passing through textiles and components. Often high-tech.

Forcing the traditional "reluctance" to tell its story, Valle Camonica opens up to an international dimension by hosting the first edition of "Futura colloquia": organized by the Brescia Chamber of Commerce and the ISEO Institute, chaired by the Nobel Prize Robert Solow, it will be held in Borgo Glazel of Piancogno on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 June. The introductory speech is entrusted to the Greek economist Phoebe Koundori, president of the European Association of Environmental Economists who will discuss the extraordinary topic of sustainable development with the president of the Feralpi group, Giuseppe Pasini Afterwards, Carlo Benetti of Gam Investimenti will take stock of the role finance can play in a globalized world. In the afternoon, Nobel laureate Michael Spence of New York University will discuss the challenges of globalization with economist (and former Deputy Minister of Economy) Mario Baldassarri, while Robert Westcott, formerly Bill Clinton's chief economist at the White House, will follow point on the current geopolitical situation. Saturday morning it was the turn of internal politics with the councilor for the Budget of the Lombardy Region Guido Guidesi, the president of the economic commission of the European Parliament Irene Tinagli. The presence of Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti is also expected.



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